municipium

English

Etymology

From Latin municipium. Doublet of municipio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mjuː.nɪˈsɪ.pɪ.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmju.nəˈsɪ.pi.əm/
• Hyphenation: mu‧nic‧i‧pi‧um

Noun

municipium (plural municipia)

1. (historical) An ancient Roman town or city.

Latin

Etymology

From mūniceps (“citizen (of a municipality)”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muː.niˈki.pi.um/, [muːnɪˈkɪpiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mu.niˈt͡ʃi.pi.um/, [muniˈt͡ʃiːpium]

Noun

mūnicipium n (genitive mūnicipiī or mūnicipī); second declension

1. township
2. municipality, town

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mūnicipium	mūnicipia
genitive	mūnicipiī mūnicipī1	mūnicipiōrum
dative	mūnicipiō	mūnicipiīs
accusative	mūnicipium	mūnicipia
ablative	mūnicipiō	mūnicipiīs
vocative	mūnicipium	mūnicipia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: municipi
• French: municipe
• Italian: municipio
• Maltese: muniċipju
• Piedmontese: munissipi
• Portuguese: município
• Romanian: municipiu
• Spanish: municipio

References

• “municipium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “municipium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “municipium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “municipium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūnicipium, used in Swedish since 1832.

Noun

municipium n

1. a municipality, a small, incorporated town (in ancient Rome or in Sweden c. 1862-1971)

Declension

Declension of municipium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	municipium	municipiums
	definite	municipiet	municipiets
plural	indefinite	municipier	municipiers
	definite	municipierna	municipiernas

Synonyms

• municip
• municipalsamhälle

Related terms

• municipal

References

• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (9th ed., 5th printing, 1954)
• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (10th ed., 1st printing, 1973)
• municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Municipium in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1913)